Things I Think About When I’m Fed Up

• Kids TV adverts that absolutely lied to us
  (If it didn’t work like that, I was personally betrayed.)
• Pop-ups from the family computer era
  Turning the monitor off at the wall like I’d committed a crime.
• Saturday morning CBBC
  When nothing was urgent and everyone was shouting for no reason.
• How cancelling plans is objectively the worst
  Not because of the plan — because my brain had already moved in.
• The fact Chromebooks have antivirus built in
  Healing my inner child one update at a time.
• Cereal going soggy while I’m distracted by TV
  Still comforting. Still acceptable.
• The fact life can be good and I can still feel fed up
  Both things can be true.
• That fed-up doesn’t mean ungrateful
  It usually just means low battery.
• Lighting
  No thoughts. Just vibes. Lamps > ceiling lights.

Being fed up doesn’t always need fixing.
Sometimes it just needs nostalgia, low expectations,
and the knowledge that pop-ups can’t hurt me anymore.